Stood

//stʊd//

"Stood" in a Sentence (14 examples)

The church stood alone on the hill.

I suddenly stood up and felt faint and light-headed.

When the visitor entered the room, we stood to greet him.

The students stood waiting for a bus.

All of the students stood up together.

We stood on the top of the mountain.

We stood face to face.

We stood at the door to welcome our guests.

Not knowing what to do, I stood there silently.

The thermometer stood at 37 degrees centigrade.

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This morning a bloke stood next to me wearing nothing but sandals.

The teacher stood her facing the corner.

The flowers were stood in a vase on the table. (informal; chiefly UK/Commonwealth)

At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.

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